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URI inducts largest number in national freshman honor society

The University of Rhode Island has inducted one of its largest classes ever into the national freshman honor society, Phi Eta Sigma.

A total of 480 freshmen out of 826 invitees, averaging a cumulative grade-point average of 3.75, chose to become official members of the oldest and largest freshman honor society in the United States.

To be eligible to join, students must have achieved a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5 at the end of their first semester.

�This is great for URI and reflects the freshman class� academic achievements...

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